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    Week 1 -

    EU Law
    Dr Alessandra M. De Tommaso
    EU Law

    INTRODUCTORY SESSION

    • “HOUSE-KEEPING” ISSUES

    • PRACTICAL ADVICE

    • BASIC DISTINCTIONS
    EU Law

    KEY TOPICS

    • HISTORY OF THE EU
    • SOURCES OF EU LAW
    • FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS
    • FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS
    • FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF EU LAW
    • EU SYSTEM OF JUDICIAL REMEDIES
    • EU INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK & DECISION-MAKING
    PROCESS
    EU Law

    HOW IS THE MODULE ASSESSED?

    LAW2110
    • Moot (Oral Presentation): 25%
    – Conducted in groups/teams but assessed
    individually
    • Exam: 75%
    – One seen question, circulated one month
    before exam
    – Two unseen questions
    EU Law

    TEXTBOOKS & EU TREATIES

    RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOK:
    DAVIES, UNDERSTANDING EU LAW PRIMARY MATERIALS:
    (Latest edition, ROUTLEDGE) SEE EU TREATIES
    CURRENTLY IN FORCE:
    FOR EXAM PREPARATION:
    https://eur-lex.europa.eu/c
    FOSTER, Q&A REVISION GUIDE EU LAW ollection/eu-law/treaties/tre
    (Latest edition, OUP) aties-force.html

    FREE INTRODUCTORY E-BOOKS: FOR EU LEGISLATION,


    The ABC of EU Law (2010, 277p) CASES, CHECK EUR-LEX
    available on bookshop.europa.eu
    How the EU works? Your guide
    to the EU institutions (2014, 44p)
    available on bookshop.europa.eu
    EU Law

    CONTACT DETAILS & OFFICE HOURS

    Module Coordinator
    Dr Kalpana Sivabalah
    Email: k.sivabalah-ponnan@mdx.ac.mu
    Office hours: Wednesday, 11:00-1pm

    Please see Module Handbook and UniHub for


    relevant email addresses and additional
    information
    EU Law

    WHAT WE EXPECT OF YOU

    • Mutual respect
    • Read
    • Attend lessons and be ON TIME
    • Bring a laptop/tablet if you have one
    • Read
    • Be responsible for you own learning
    • Ask for help when you need it
    • Seriously though, read…
    EU Law

    …READ
    • You are expected to read relevant
    materials and prepare relevant
    exercises every week prior to
    attending the class

    • You are also expected to familiarise


    yourself with the content of the two
    main EU Treaties (TEU and TFEU)
    which are both available for
    download on eur-lex.europa.eu (see
    latest ‘consolidated version)
    EU Law

    PRACTICAL ADVICE

    • Referencing Treaty articles


    • Searching for EU legislation and EU
    Cases
    • Online information on EU institutions
    EU Law

    Referencing Treaty Articles


    • POST-LISBON TREATY: Two main treaties:
     Treaty on European Union (TEU)
     Treaty on the Functioning of the
    European Union (TFEU)
    • You must cite the Treaty provision followed
    by TEU or TFEU: e.g. Art. 1 TEU; Art. 1
    TFEU; etc.

    NB: THE ENTIRE TREATY ARTICLE NUMBERING WAS CHANGED


    TWICE (in 1996 and 2007)
    This means that same Treaty provision may have been known under 3
    different numbers since 1957…
    E.g. the provision on the preliminary jurisdiction of the EU Court of
    Justice: Art. 177 EEC became Art. 234 EC in 1996 and Art. 267 TFEU
    in 2007
    EU Law

    Searching for EU legislation and EU


    Cases
    • EU LEGISLATION: http://eur-lex.europa.eu

    • EU CASES: http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/j_6/

    • For general EU info:


    HTTP://EUROPA.EU/INDEX_EN.HTM
    EU Law
    EU Law

    BASIC
    DISTINCTIONS:
    Council of Europe v
    European Union
    EU Law

    “The next game is to tell the difference between the European


    Council, Council of Europe and Council of the EU”
    Pablo Pérez, twitter
    EU Law

    Source: Pablo Pérez


    EU Law

    Council of Europe v. European Union


    Council of Europe European Union (EU)
    • Set up in 1947 following WWII, to • Originally known as the European
    protect human rights, promote Economic Community (ECC)
    democracy and the rule of law • Established in 1957 by the Treaty of
    • Enacted the European Rome, to ensure peace in Europe
    Convention on Human Rights through economic integration
    (ECHR), of which the UK is a • Changed name to European
    signatory Community (EC) with the Treaty of
    • This body should not be the European Union (TEU) or Treaty
    confused with the European of Maastricht (1992)
    Council or the Council of the • TEU created the European Union
    European Union (EU), of which the EC was a
    • 46 member states (the UK is still component part
    a member state!) • Lisbon Treaty (2009) – European
    Union only
    • 27 member states (the UK is no
    longer a member state)
    EU Law

    Council of Europe v. European Union

    European Court of Human Court of Justice of the


    Rights (ECtHR) European Union (ECJ)

    Located in Strasbourg, Located in Luxembourg


    France City, Luxembourg
    EU Law

    Council of Europe v. European Union


    EU Law

    Next Week:
    The History
    of the EU

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